Notifying content owners of related posts

Abstract

In one aspect, a method is provided, including the following method operations: receiving a request to generate a post data item at a first location, the post data item including a reference to a content item located at a second location; accessing a notification tag associated with the content item, the notification tag identifying a destination for notification; and sending a notification to the destination, the notification identifying the post data item.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method, comprising:
 receiving a request to generate a post data item at a first location, the post data item including a reference to a content item located at a second location; 
 determining whether the post data item at the first location is a public post data item or a private post data item; 
 when the post data item is a public post data item:
 accessing a notification tag associated with the content item, the notification tag identifying a destination for notification; 
 sending, by a processor, a notification to the destination, the notification identifying that the content item at the second location has been referenced in the post data item at the first location; and 
 
 when the post data item is a private post data item:
 determining to not send a notification. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first location is defined by a social network page; 
 wherein the second location is defined by a content page; and 
 wherein the social network page and the content page do not share a common domain. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the destination is defined by one or more of an e-mail address, a username, or a user identifier on a social network. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the notification provides access to a moderation interface for approving or disapproving the post data item for display at the second location. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the reference to the content item is a URL. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the content item is selected from an image, video, audio, or text. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing the post data item at the second location in a stream of post data items configured to aggregate post data items referencing the content item from multiple locations. 
     
     
       8. A method, comprising:
 receiving a request from a first user to generate a post data item for display on a first property, the post data item including a reference to a content item located on a second property; 
 determining whether the post data item for display on the first property is a public post data item or a private post data item; 
 when the post data item is a public post data item:
 identifying an owner to be notified when the content item is shared in the post data item based on the request, wherein identifying the owner includes performing a look-up in a registry, the registry defining a correlation between the reference and the identified owner; 
 generating, by a processor, a notification to the owner, the notification identifying that the content item at the second property has been referenced in the post data item at the first property; and 
 
 when the post data item is a private post data item:
 determining to not generate a notification. 
 
 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 8 ,
 wherein the first property is defined by a social network; and 
 wherein the second property is not defined by the social network. 
 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 8 ,
 wherein the first property is defined by a first web page; 
 wherein the second property is defined by a second web page; 
 wherein the first web page and the second web page do not share a common domain. 
 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the reference to the content item is a URL. 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 8 , wherein identifying the owner includes identifying an address of the owner to which the notification is sent. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 8 , wherein generating the notification includes one or more of sending an e-mail notification to the owner or sending a mobile push notification to the owner. 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the content item is selected from an image, video, audio, or text. 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the notification provides access to a moderation interface for approving or disapproving the post data item for display on the second property. 
     
     
       16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
 receiving a request to generate a post data item at a first location, the post data item including a reference to a content item located at a second location; 
 determining whether the post data item at the first location is a public post data item or a private post data item; 
 when the post data item is a public post data item:
 accessing a notification tag associated with the content item, the notification tag identifying a destination for notification; 
 sending a notification to the destination, the notification identifying that the content item at the second location has been referenced in the post data item at the first location; and 
 
 when the post data item is a private post data item:
 determining to not send a notification. 
 
 
     
     
       17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 16 ,
 wherein the first location is defined by a social network page; 
 wherein the second location is defined by a content page; and 
 wherein the social network page and the content page do not share a common domain. 
 
     
     
       18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the destination is defined by one or more of an e-mail address or a username. 
     
     
       19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the notification provides access to a moderation interface for approving or disapproving the post data item for display at the second location. 
     
     
       20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the reference to the content item is a URL. 
     
     
       21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the content item is selected from an image, video, audio, or text. 
     
     
       22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise providing the post data item at the second location in a stream of post data items configured to aggregate post data items referencing the content item from multiple locations.